View Post ABC ABC News ‘Has Lost Its Way As a Hard News Organization’ By Mark Joyella on Dec. 12, 2014 - 10:31 AM A former local radio and television news director and producer has posted a blistering analysis of ABC News, arguing ABC “has lost its way as a hard news organization.” Frank Gottlieb wrote on Facebook “gravitas ...
View Post ABC ABC News Has Best May Sweep Since Roone Arledge was In Charge By Chris Ariens on May. 30, 2014 - 11:20 AM ABC News is taking a victory lap after the network’s newscasts finished in first place in either the key news demo or total viewers, or, in the case of “Good Morning America,” both. It was ABC’s best May sw ...
Revolving Door | SportsNewser WNBA to Honor Katie Couric With Inspiration Award By Cam Martin on May. 18, 2011 - 5:27 PM Katie Couric, the first solo female evening news anchor, will be honored with the 2011 WNBA Inspiration Award, the league announced today. Couric will receive the award at a luncheon in New York City next Tuesday, May 24. “K ...
TV Biz Carole Simpson: Once & Always a ‘News Lady’ By Molly Stark Dean on Jan. 5, 2011 - 4:26 PM ABC’s Carole Simpson was the subject of Howard Kurtz’s piece in “The Daily Beast” today — where she spoke about being black in the news biz, what has changed over the years, and her new book, “N ...
People Attorney Ron Konecky Passes Away By kevin on Jun. 10, 2010 - 2:00 PM Konecky and wife, Isobel, at a 2007 event Ron Konecky, the New York attorney who represented some of the biggest names in television news, passed away this morning TVNewser has learned. He was 80. Konecky’s client list inclu ...
ABC 30 Years Later: Ted Koppel on Nightline‘s Evolution By Alissa Krinsky on Nov. 6, 2009 - 7:00 AM It was the fall of 1979, and Iranian militants had seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 53 Americans hostage. The late Roone Arledge, then president of ABC News, wanted extended network coverage. “Roone had decided a lo ...
Fox News Chris Wallace Compares Ailes to Arledge By SteveK on Apr. 13, 2009 - 12:36 PM FOX News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace is profiled in this week’s Broadcasting & Cable. Of former ABC News president Roone Arledge: “[Roone] understood why people watch TV and what attracts an audience. It’s on ...